KILI MUD JARO invites you to a wonderful night of LIVE MUSIC and fun in an epic bar in the center of Madrid, La Leyenda Rock Bar!
Next WEDNESDAY 29 OF JUNE from 20:30.
100% of the money raised will be for “Tanzania Goes Mud” Project.
Ticket with 1 drink: 6€
We need your help to raise the necessary funds to carry out the construction of the earth community library in Kibaoni, Tanzania. We find ourselves now in the final stretch before the project starts and we need your help to make it possible!
We have launched a crowdfunding campaign:
https://www.betterplace.org/en/projects/44943-support-our-earth-school-library-in-tanzania
100% of the money collected will go towards the completion of the project, buy materials and hire local labor.
Let’s raise the almost final 2500 Euros together before we start with the construction!
Please spread the word and donate what you can! Every contribution will be appreciated!
– If you donate 20€ or more we will send you a short film documenting the building process, which will reflect exactly what your contribution has made possible!
– If you donate 100€ or more your name will be written in one of the walls of the library, together with the rest of local workers who helped us to build it.
Thank you so much, or as they say in Tanzania: ASANTE!
We want to share with all of you the drawings we made in our interest to continue developing and exploring the earth techniques we want to use in Tanzania. We adapted the earth prototype we submitted for the competition to respond to the new program; the library.
The configuration of the plan allows the existence of spaces with different level of privacy and combines the use of thick solid rammed earth walls with lightweight claddings that can be kept closed to preserve privacy or widely open, which also allows cross ventilation throughout the building.
The most enclosed room is conceived as a multifunctional space to carry out different activities such us lectures, meetings, classes… The semi-enclosed room is conceived as a lecture room, together with the courtyard. The backwall is reserved for water harvesting.
Sustainable design principles are at the heart of the architectural approach. The main material used is rammed earth, following the traditional method of construction. A zinc-roof is designed for optimum natural ventilation, and to collect rainwater for treatment and reuse. Timber is used for roof trusses and pilars and the whole building is elevated over a plin made of rocks collected from the surrounding area.
Geometric rills cut into the earth walls during construction introduce light and ventilation as allow saving costs in frames; its treatment throughout varies in depth, width and height result in different levels of privacy and therefore define uses for different parts of the house.
In this way, we can find holes used as windows, but also others used as shelves to store books, seats or folded tables.
Taken overall, our mud house might be regarded as a mini manifesto for earth architecture, not just in Kibaoni but in other parts of the country too. Contrary to the abuse of concrete as a building material, that raises the cost and therefore the poverty of so many expanding communities, it shows how new earthen buildings can be inserted into the existing frame at increased densities, while sustaining traditional building techniques and preserving the natural environment.
On the 3rd June we will be presenting our project at Havas Media, media agency, in Frankfurt.
We would like to give special thanks to our sponsors for their generous support at the Kilimudjaro Fest and for their commitment to the project:
Thanks!
Interview where we explain the project, its context, our aims and our previous experience. Also some information about the Kilimudjaro Fest, fundraising event that took place in Frankfurt some days after the interview.
http://dauerwelle.uni-frankfurt.de/tanzania-goes-mud/
Thanks dauer.Welle Radio!
And thanks to their fantastic broadcaster Desireé Flegel!
On the 21st of May it took place in Frankfurt one of the big events of the year: Kilimudjaro Party! 24h of non-stop event, all of it to help to raise funds for our project in Tanzania.
Since 11am we had many activities such as food trucks, children make-up, music, flea market, paella cookers, coffee corner, cocktail makers, artist painting live, different DJs… and in the night the party continued indoors, in a disco that lasted until the morning.
We want to thank you all the people who came and mostly all the people and friends who helped us organizing and preparing all the things. It was a fantastic day and we ended up exhausted but very happy.
We are happy to announce that we have arranged a 5% discount in Travel Insurances for all participants of our project who are interested.
Travel Health Insurance is an absolute must for this type of travel. You will be in remote locations with limited health care.
One of us took this Travel Insurance for over six months during a trip to Asia and they offer a really good service and they have a good price comparing to other companies.
Click the image above to get the 5% discount for Tanzania Goes Mud participants
We have recently received a proposal of the community coordinator in Tanzania to build a community library, instead of only an earth house prototype. We think these are really big news because now our project also responds to a current necessity of the village! Using the same techniques, we will adapt our earth construction prototype to have the shape of a library that will be build next to the school of the village. It will be also a communal place for meetings and lectures for all the people in the village.
Since the programme has changed, also the project site, in an attempt to find the best location for the library. It will be built in Kibaoni village, a neighbouring village of Kasirwa. The site conditions are similar, as well as the arrival path, but the good news are that now we have electricity and water network!! Something that will make our life easier once we are there…
Kibaoni village is on the eastern slope of Kilimanjaro Mountain, a region recognized world-wide for its breathtaking natural beauty.
Article at the Journal Frankfurt about the coming event “Kilimudjaro Fest”.
Read it, enjoy it and don´t forget to join us if you are nearby on the 21st May in Franfkurt am Main!
Tanzania Goes Mud! 